Improvement in measuring apparatus for seed-heaters



E. TAYLOR. Measuring Apparatus for. Seed-Heaters. N6. 198,706.

Patented neg. 25, 1877.

N4 PETERS. PM0T@LlTilOGAPHERl WASHINGTOA C.

UNITEDl TATES Ormea;

EDWIN s. rhvnoaor BRQOKLYN'NEW vonk.V

IMPROVEMENT IN MEASURING APPARATUS FOR SEED-HEATERS.`

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 198,706, dated December25, 1877; application led November 22, 1877.

To all whom t may concern:

Beit known that I, EDWIN S.Y TAYLOR, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kingsand State of New York, have invented an Improvement in Heating andMeasuring Apparatus for Oil- Works, of which the following is aspecification:

In the manufacture of oil from flax-seed, cotton-seed, &c., it is usualto grind the seed and then heat it in a vat -or kettle with asurrounding steam-jacket, and then to place the meal into bags and pressthe same between plates in a hydraulic or other press.

Difficulty has been experienced in supplying the -meal uniformly to thebags, and measuring-hoppers have been devised With that object in view 5but, in consequence of the labor attending the use of themeasuring-hopper, th'e workmen often discard the same, and the quantityof meal placed in the bags varies hence there is risk of the press beinginjured, and the yield of oil lessened by the inequality of pressure.

The object of my invention is to insure uniformity in the quantity ofthe meal supplied to each bag, sary for the workman to employ themeasuring apparatus in order to obtain any supply of the meal from the4cooking-kettle to the bag;

In the drawings, Figure l is a vertical section of the kettle andmeasuring apparatus, and Fig. 2 is a plan of thesame. A

The kettle or vessel in which the meal is heated or cooked is formed ofthe two plates a b at the bottom, bolted together, and havingintervening ribs or washers, to keep the plates apart and form a spacefor the introduction of steam under pressure to heat up the kettle andits contents.

The curb or cylinder d is also made with an intermediate steam-s ace, toheat the sides of the kettle.

There is a revolving agitator orv stirrer, of usual construction, thatmoves the meal gradually from the .center toward the circumference;

and lids or covers also are provided, of ordinary construction. a

y At one side of the kettle there is an openand to render it necesi ingthrough the bottom at e, and contiguous thereto is a vertical column, f,that is hollow, for the passage of a bolt, g, by means of which thecolumn is lirmly bolted to the under side of the rim of the kettle. Thelower part of this column is cylindrical, and receives upon it thecircular plate h, that has a hollow hub for said column,'and is boltedfirmly to the column by a lateral set-screw, or similar clamping device.

In this plate It there is an opening, and below the same the hopper l,that is of a size and shape adapted to receive around it the upper endof the bag that receives the meal.

Around the column f there is the semi-rotary measurer m, having twochambers, o, that pass vertically through the rotary measrer 5 and thereis a handle, r, upon the circular top plate s of said measurer, thatserves to move the same, and also to limit the movement to ahalf-rotation, first one way and then the other.

When the handle fr and revolving measurer are moved, one chamber, n, isbrought beneath the opening e to receive the meal from the kettle, andthe other chamber, o, is brought over the delivery-hopper l, forthecontents thereof to pass into the bag; and it is necessary to give tothe measurer this semi-rotary movement flrst one way and then the other,

in order to remove the meal that passes out of the kettle. When theymeasurer is turned half-way the delivery of meal is lstopped, becausethe Hat disk s closes the bottom of the opening e.

A hand or stoke hole at t maybe made use of to allow for clearing outthe opening c from the kettle to the measurer, should the meal becomecaked therein.

By this improvement one of the measuringchambers is filling from thekettle while the other is emptying into the bag.

It will be evident that, if the handle is placed upon the side of thetop plate s made level, the revolved progressively.

I claim as my invention- Y l. The measurer composed ofthe twochammeasurer may be measure, and the.

bers woand top plate s, in combination With thekettle a b d, in'Whioh'the' meal isheate'd, and the plate h, With a hopper for the bag,substantially as set forth.

2. The hollow column f, bolted to the rim of the kettle and sustainingthe stationary plate h, in combination with the measurer.- that issustained by and is revolved around such column, substantially as setforth.

signedby me this lthday of Nomm)er,-v A. D. 1877.

EDWIN S. TAYLOR.

Witnesses GEO. T. PINGKNEY, OHAS. H. SMITH.

